The Emotional Dynamics of Law and Legal Discourse.

Intro -- Preface -- Editors and Contributors -- Table of Contents -- 1 -- Contextualising Law and Emotion: Past Narratives and Future Directions -- I. Introduction -- II. The Philosophical Tradition -- III. Emotion in Law -- IV. The Current Collection -- V. Conclusion -- 2 -- Affective Family Law -- I. Introduction -- II. Family Law"s Response to Emotion -- III. The Appropriate Place for Emotion -- IV. A Case Study: Non-marital Families -- V. Conclusion -- 3 -- Where There"s a Will \u2026 : Law and Emotion in Sibling Inheritance Disputes -- I. Introduction -- II. Death and Discord: The Perfect Emotional Storm -- III. Emotional Attachments to Property -- IV. The Emotional Impact of Wills -- V. Bequeathing an Appropriate Emotional Legacy: The Role of the Parent -- VI. The Law"s Response to Contested Wills -- VII. Limiting the Emotional Fallout -- VIII. Conclusion -- 4 -- The Emotional Dynamics of Undue Influence -- I. Introduction -- II. The Law -- III. The Emotional Dynamics -- IV. Conclusions -- 5 -- Discovering Dignity: Unpacking the Emotional Content of "Killing Narratives -- I. Introduction -- II. Discovering Dignity: Nussbaum on Dignity and "Emotion-Shaping Processes -- III. Killing and "Killing Narratives -- IV. The Function of Killing Narratives: "Moral Disengagement -- V. End-of-Life Narratives in Healthcare Law -- VI. Conclusion -- 6 -- Empathy for Victims in Criminal Justice: Revisiting Susan Bandes in Victimology -- I. Introduction -- II. Revisiting Empathy, Narrative and Victim Impact Statements -- III. Empathy for the Victim"s Narrative -- IV. Conclusion -- 7 -- Re-Emotionalising Regulatory Responses to Child Sex Offenders -- I. Introduction -- II. The Emotionalisation of Crime and Punishment -- III. Law Without Emotion? Regulatory Frameworks on Sex Offender Risk Assessment and Management.

IV. Emotive Public Responses to the Reintegration of Sexual Offenders -- V. Addressing Emotion in Discourses on Sexual Crime: The Role of Restorative Justice -- VI. Taking Account of Emotion in Sex Offender Risk Management: From Elitist to Participatory Modes of Decision-Making -- 8 -- Emotions and the Assessment of Credibility -- I. Introduction -- II. The Law -- III. Credibility Assessment in the Legal Setting -- IV. Psychological Science and the Claimant -- V. Psychological Science and the Decision-Maker -- VI. Conclusions and Recommendations -- 9 -- Emotional Transitions in Social Movements: The Case of Immigrant Rights Activism in Arizona -- I. Introduction -- II. Undocumented Activism: A Broadening Emotional Repertoire -- III. Understanding Emotional Transitions in Undocumented Activism -- IV. Conclusion -- 10 -- Mediation and Emotions: Perception and Regulation -- I. Introduction -- II. Mediation and Emotion -- III. The Significance of Empathy -- IV. Emotion Regulation -- V. Conclusion -- 11 -- Engaging with Emotions in the Legal Profession -- I. Introduction -- II. Emotions in Legal Settings -- III. Emotions in the Legal Workplace -- IV. Conclusion -- 12 -- Emotion and the Discourse of Judging -- I. Introduction -- II. Emotion in Discourse About Judging -- III. Emotion in the Discourse of Judging -- IV. Towards an Emotionally Intelligent Discourse About, and Of, Judging -- V. Conclusion -- 13 -- Becoming Like Solomon: Towards an Emotionally Intelligent Legal System -- I. Introduction -- II. Emotional Intelligence -- III. Emotional Intelligence and the Law -- IV. Conclusion -- Index.

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